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Re: Portales meteorite
Congrats on your find Michael. Sounds like more pieces WILL be found as it
started at three and is now at 21 pieces with a 35 pounder in there. Any
idea what the total weight is yet? Maybe 70-100kg? What was the composition
of the pieces at the far end of the field? Did they vary from place to
place? Let us know,
Matt
Michael Farmer wrote:
> Hello list. I have just returned home after a grueling 13 hour drive
> (sand storms caused detours to the Mexican border 200 miles south of my
> route;(. Anyway, I now have over half of the known pieces of Portales in
> my possesion at this time. I finally found one at about 6PM last evening
> while walking through a field. It is the most beautifull piece I have
> seen. It is ~340 grams, is a flat piece with an iron plate which is
> TOTALLY Blue fusion crusted, FLOW LINES over 1 inch long, and even metal
> bubbles!! WWWWWOOOOOWWWWWW. The top look like the rocky mountains with
> blue/black fusion crust. I almost had a hearyt attack when I saw it
> resting on top of a clump of grass. This is one neat meteorite. I will
> be building a website asap with photos of as many pieces as possible. To
> date, 21 pieces are known of which I own 11. I will likely be cutting a
> 1.5 kilo full stone found last night. some pieces are 100% stone while
> others are metal and stone or mostly metal. An army of people have been
> searching with very little results. Not much more will likely be found.
> This fall is odd though. The largest pieces have ALL been found at the
> starting edge of the strewn field and the smallest at the far end. The
> opposite should be the case but is definatley not a this site. I have
> mapped every known piece and find them all to be on a direct line with
> the fall direction, but as I said, the smallest pieces are found at the
> far end???? Interesting. Has this ever happened before?
> I will be posting more asap but need to get some sleep which I have not
> had for a week.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Farmer
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